What did the Solicitor General say?

Speaking after the hearing, Robert Buckland QC said: “The minimum terms failed to reflect the gravity of a brutal attack with weapons, which was pre-meditated and carried out by two people who the judge found had intended to kill the defenceless victim and who succeeded in their aim.

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The judge in the case, Richard Griffith-Jones had said: “I am acutely aware of the terrible shock that it is when a loved one dies suddenly.

“When that happens in circumstances of this brutality it is all the more shocking. So also is it a terrible thing for a person to outlive their own child.

“I hope they will be able to pass onto Lee Brooks’ children memories of him and his character which will be so important...that they will be able to have affection and pride in the person that gave them life that is no longer there.”